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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Zuni"”.
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Fire and Fuels: Vegetation Change Over Time in the Zuni Mountains, New Mexico
<p>The Zuni Mountains are a region that has been dramatically changed by human interference. Anthropogenically, fire suppression practices have allowed a buildup of fuels and caused a change in the fire-adapted ponderosa pine ecosystem such that the new ecosystem now incorporates many …
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Proterozoic evolution of the Zuni Mountains, New Mexico: Peridotites, granites, rhyolites, shear zones, and a reactivation history through the present
The Zuni Mountains of western New Mexico offer a rare view into the Precambrian basement of both the Jemez Lineament and the Colorado Plateau. Proterozoic rocks of the Zuni Mountains are dominantly metaigneous and can be divided into three suites: 1) peridotite that is either a crustal cumulate or …
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK TO DETERMINE HYDROLOGY OF ARID LAND SPRINGS AND HOW SPRING WATERS INFLUENCE WATER QUALITY AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH FOR DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
… springs that provide habitats for the endangered Zuni Bluehead Sucker (ZBS), Zuni Mountains, New Mexico. Inputs to the three remaining ZBS habitats include spring waters and shallow alluvium waters from stream channels upstream from spring discharge. This research used hydrogeochemical methods to …
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H-reflex changes with loading and unloading
… unloaded by 25% of the body weight using the ZUNI II. H-reflex maximum peak-to-peak amplitudes and onset latencies from eight trials were averaged for each lower extremity. Two factor ANOVAs with repeated measures over each factor were used to test the effect of the position and the side on …
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Population Dynamics in Response to Fire in <i>Quercus laevis - Pinus palustris</i> Barrens and Related Communities in Southeast Virginia
<p>Permanent plots in the Zuni Pine Barrens (Isle of Wight Co., Virginia) were sampled in order to: quantify plant population dynamics in response to fire, compare these dynamics among different moisture regimes, compare the effect of mechanical understory removal to that of fire on tree seedling …
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A Colorful Past: Turquoise and Social Identity in the Late Prehispanic Western Pueblo Region, A.D. 1275–1400
… heavy stable isotopes. Interviews with Hopi and Zuni consultants—jewelers, artists, and cultural experts—augmented the study by incorporating the participation and perspectives of descendent communities. Taken together, patterns of use and acquisition provide novel means of assessing social or …
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From Scouts to Soldiers: The Evolution of Indian Roles in the U.S. Military, 1860-1945
<p>The eighty-six years from 1860-1945 was a momentous one in American Indian history. During this period, the United States fully settled the western portion of the continent. As time went on, the United States ceased its wars against Indian tribes and began to deal with them as potential parts of …